TSA defends cupcake confiscation

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Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. The TSA is abritrary in its own screening of things:
"Semantics aside, the ...

TSA defends cupcake confiscation

Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. The TSA is abritrary in its own screening of things:
"Semantics aside, the TSA's bottom line: "You can bring cakes, pies and cupcakes through the security checkpoint, but you should expect that they might get some additional screening, and if something doesn't seem right, there is always the potential you won't be able to take it through.""

So I have to guess what kinda mood a TSA screener is in? Anybody else feels like this?

"Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individual right." -- U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings, Re: U.S. vs Emerson (1999)

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Maybe I'll carry a jar of feces the next time I fly. The TSA should surely feel some level of kinship with the jar in this case.

Judging by their past operating procedures, it will be declared "biologically hazardous material" which you are attempting to transport without proper paperwork and you can expect to do federal time for it. Mark my words.

So they take "harmful yet delicious looking" cupcakes away but allows a passenger toting a foot long screwdriver/tool kit in a carry on bag with no hiccups what-so-ever (Un-related but real life experience)?

I've carried several weapons on a plane. A metal cane in my carry on, disassembled, a AAA battery maglight on my belt, a 12" metal ruler (old style, not the flimsy new ones). I did ship a knife card ahead though using the US mail. This was in 2003.

I for one see some hope in this recent turn at the TSA, I am not dissapointed for one minut at the shift of priorities from molestation, seniors diaper checks, 6 year old pat downs, and public strip searches to a pinpoint effort to disrupt the very real terrist cupcake plot designed to take over our country. I for one would like to take a moment to thank the TSA for making my asociation with this govt we live under seem all that much stupider. So Mr. demented, perverted, half-whit TSA dude... this buds for you...